Saturday, June 27, 2009

Breather

I needed to pop in to post about the weight currently on my shoulders:

I AM A HOARDER.

I never realized this as much until tonight. Yes, I've always known that I have a lot of stuff and love to carry it all with me as I move from state to state, time zone to time zone. BUT. Today, going to through all of my crap at my parents house just put me into ultra-panic zone. How did this happen? I must have saved every piece of paper I've ever written on - seriously. I have all of my school work from pre-school through college! WHAT? What is wrong with me? I have every note that I ever received in junior high and high school. HUH?

As I grew older I realized that I love finding and collecting unique things from thrift stores, garage sales, etc. I'd buy things just so no one else could have it, even if I didn't need it. Then when ebay hit I was all "I'm going to make a fortune!" I've been an ebay seller since the 90s. For real. Someone had 3 boxes of old magazine to get rid of? Sure, I'll take them and sell them individually on ebay! Needless to say most of that never happened, although the ones that I did sell got me some nice cash flow back in the day. eBay is fun and exciting, but that's not the point of this story.

The point of this story is that I have a ton of shit. And it is in Michigan and I live in Portland. And as much as I thin it out there is still a ton. For example, I think I just uncovered approximately 60 pieces of milk glass alone tonight.

As a result of all of this sorting of old stuff I have found some killer old photos of myself and my family. I will definitely scan and share!

As for running, I'm keeping up. I did 10 miles today, yesterday I did an 8 mile tempo run, the day before that 5 miles easy. The day before that I did a track workout before flying to MI, the day before that I did spin class and the day before that I did something equally as fun (but I can't remember). Last weekend, however I did an awesome bike ride - 50 miles, the longest I've gone yet. And it was really hilly. I was scared beforehand that I wouldn't make it or wouldn't be able to keep up, but I was pleasantly surprised!

Tomorrow is my wedding shower and I am really excited. I get to see a bunch of people that I miss and they're all there for me. I'm embarrassed about the gift-giving aspect, but what can you do? This is tradition I guess and I can't complain about a bunch of free stuff, can I?

Ok, it is 1:35 a.m. and I need my beauty rest.

Hope life is well...

Emily

PS - please send organizational vibes my way so that I can sort out my "stuff" issues!

4 comments:

If you haven't used it in the last few years then get ride of it - at least that is my motto. Now that doesn't always work cause I have a lot of sentimental stuff from high school but for most part it has helped me keep the clutter down!

Milk Glass? Never heard of it. Best to get rid of stuff like you rip off a band-aid. Quick and fast. I promise you, you won't miss the letters from junior high. I had a bunch too and finally purged everything and it felt great (once I got over being sad for a couple hours). Keep the yearbooks and stuff like that.

Goals For The Week (7/13/09)

Recap: all a miserable fail! But at least I have good intentions again!HEALTH:1.Get lots of sleep2.Take vitamins3.Drink a lot of water4.Eat healthy food5.Track food6.Stretch and/or TP daily7.Behave in Tahoe8.Yoga – go at least 3 times (find a place in Tahoe)9.Abs - something10.Arms - something11.Draft marathon training plan – get feedback

HOUSE:

1.put more stuff away2.organize storage/bsmt3.contact prev owners4.figure out garden5.pull straws for who cleans up the dogshit in the lawn6.buy grill7.decide when to have bbq/party8.send out change of address email - DONE 7/14/09

WEDDING:

1.INVITATIONS!!2.house rental3.planner contract4.figure out florist5.figure out music6.figure out officiant7.figure out dessert8.send out thank yous from wedding shower

Goals For The Week (3/30/09)

Follow training plan

Be smart

Eat well and track it

Drink tons of water (64 oz/day)

Take vitamins

Get my finances in order

Get wedding crap in order

Goals For The Week (3/23/09)

Follow training plan

Be smart

Eat well and track it

Drink tons of water (64 oz/day)

Take vitamins

Get my finances in order

I failed most of this in every possible way. But I'm not going to harp on it.

Goals For The Week (11/3/08)

3. Continue to wake up at the same time as last week (become a morning person?) (As of Wed I'm 3 outta 3) 11/9 update - this was really hard but I did manage to wake up relatively early... Once I really get into my running I am going to make an effort to wake up at 6 a.m. and get my runs done before work. There is really no reason not to. Especially since I will have guests and visitors over the next month that will require my time and attention.

4. Go to yoga (I'll say once, but go for twice) 11/9 update - I did go once, so this is DONE!